[SOLVED] PHP Strings

[SchweppesAle]

The following string will return everything up until the user's email address.  Is there a reason why it cuts off short?

 

$newuser_emailaddress = $_POST["newuser_emailaddress"];
$newuser_firstname = $_POST["newuser_firstname"];
$newuser_lastname = $_POST["newuser_lastname"];
$newuser_title = $_POST["newuser_title"];
$newuser_company = $_POST["newuser_company"];
$newuser_addressline1 = $_POST["newuser_addressline1"];
$newuser_addressline2 = $_POST["newuser_addressline2"];
$newuser_city = $_POST["newuser_city"];
$newuser_stateorprovince = $_POST["newuser_stateorprovince"];
$otherstateorprovince = $_POST["otherstateorprovince"];
$newuser_ziporpostalcode = $_POST["newuser_ziporpostalcode"];
$newuser_country = $_POST["newuser_country"];
$newuser_numberofemployees = $_POST["newuser_numberofemployees"];
$newuser_annualrevenue = $_POST["newuser_annualrevenue"];
$newuser_phone = $_POST["newuser_phone"];
$newuser_mobilephone = $_POST["newuser_mobilephone"];


$request = "<system>".
  "<action>addsubscriber</action>".
  "<authorization>".
    "<username>hidden</username>".
    "<password>hidden</password>".
  "</authorization>".
  "<parameterlist>".
    "<parameter id='List ID'><value>142</value></parameter>".
    "<parameter id='Auto-Activate'><value>true</value></parameter>".
"<parameter id='newuser_emailaddress'><value>".$newuser_emailaddress."</value></parameter>".
"<parameter id= 'newuser_firstname'><value>".$newuser_firstname."</value></parameter>".
"<parameter id= 'newuser_lastname'><value>".$newuser_lastname."</value></parameter>".
"<parameter id= 'newuser_title'><value>".$newuser_title."</value></parameter>".
"<parameter id= 'newuser_company'><value>".$newuser_company."</value></parameter>".
"<parameter id= 'newuser_addressline1'>".$newuser_addressline1."<value></value></parameter>".
"<parameter id= 'newuser_addressline2'>".$newuser_addressline2."<value></value></parameter>".
"<parameter id= 'newuser_city'><value>".$newuser_city."</value></parameter>".
"<parameter id= 'newuser_stateorprovince'><value>".$newuser_stateorprovince."</value></parameter>".
"<parameter id= 'otherstateorprovince'><value>".$otherstateorprovince."</value></parameter>".
"<parameter id= 'newuser_ziporpostalcode'><value>".$newuser_ziporpostalcode."</value></parameter>".
"<parameter id= 'newuser_country'><value>".$newuser_country."</value></parameter>".
"<parameter id= 'newuser_numberofemployees'><value>".$newuser_numberofemployees."</value></parameter>".
"<parameter id= 'newuser_annualrevenue'><value>".$newuser_annualrevenue."</value></parameter>".
"<parameter id= 'newuser_phone'><value>".$newuser_phone."</value></parameter>".
"<parameter id= 'newuser_mobilephone'><value>".$newuser_mobilephone."</value></parameter>".
  "</parameterlist>".
"</system>";

[Ken2k7]

Could you please run the following and post the result?

 

var_dump($newuser_emailaddress);

[SchweppesAle]

Could you please run the following and post the result?

 

var_dump($newuser_emailaddress);

 

sorry, it looks like I misunderstood the scope of variables in php.  Another rooky mistake on my part.  I had pulled the value of the variables via POST then attempted to input the value of a string which resided inside a method named sendEmail();

 

so basically

 

some variables

sendEmail()
{
$string = "blahblah".$variable."blahblah";
}

[code]

[Ken2k7]

Nevermind. Sorry...

[SchweppesAle]

wait, wouldn't they be considered local variables?

 

var_dump($newuser_emailaddress); returns NULL

???

 

[Ken2k7]

It is.

[SchweppesAle]

It is.

 

strange that I would need to pass them via a parameter then.  Here's a look at the entire thing, it's pretty straight forward though a good deal has been commented out.

 

<?php
$newuser_emailaddress = $_POST["newuser_emailaddress"];
$newuser_firstname = $_POST["newuser_firstname"];
$newuser_lastname = $_POST["newuser_lastname"];
$newuser_title = $_POST["newuser_title"];
$newuser_company = $_POST["newuser_company"];
$newuser_addressline1 = $_POST["newuser_addressline1"];
$newuser_addressline2 = $_POST["newuser_addressline2"];
$newuser_city = $_POST["newuser_city"];
$newuser_stateorprovince = $_POST["newuser_stateorprovince"];
$otherstateorprovince = $_POST["otherstateorprovince"];
$newuser_ziporpostalcode = $_POST["newuser_ziporpostalcode"];
$newuser_country = $_POST["newuser_country"];
$newuser_numberofemployees = $_POST["newuser_numberofemployees"];
$newuser_annualrevenue = $_POST["newuser_annualrevenue"];
$newuser_phone = $_POST["newuser_phone"];
$newuser_mobilephone = $_POST["newuser_mobilephone"];

echo $newuser_emailaddress;
echo "<br/>";
//Testing to see if variables where passed correctly
/*
echo $newuser_emailaddress;
echo $newuser_firstname;
echo $newuser_lastname;
echo $newuser_title;
echo $newuser_company;
echo $newuser_addressline1;
echo $newuser_addressline2;
echo $newuser_city;
echo $newuser_stateorprovince;
echo $otherstateorprovince;
echo $newuser_ziporpostalcode;
echo $newuser_country;
echo $newuser_numberofemployees;
echo $newuser_annualrevenue;
echo $newuser_phone;
echo $newuser_mobilephone;
*/

/**
*      StreamSend API Mailer Functions
*/
echo (sendEmail(/*$newuser_emailaddress,$newuser_firstname, $newuser_lastname, $newuser_title, $newuser_company,   */));

function sendEmail(/*$newuser_emailaddress*/)
{
echo var_dump($newuser_emailaddress);
    // Fetch Your HTML Content
  /*  $dbh = mysql_connect('XXX', 'XXX', 'XXX');
    if ($dbh)
    {
        mysql_select_db('XXX');
    }

    $get_mail_message = "SELECT * FROM tblEmailTemplate WHERE id='$email_id' LIMIT 1";
    $get_mail_message_res = mysql_query($get_mail_message, $dbh) or die($get_mail_message . '-' . mysql_error());
    $MessageInfo = mysql_fetch_object($get_mail_message_res);

    // If Sending a Test Message, Merge Any Subscriber Data
    $subject = mailMerge($MessageInfo->subject, $mail_info);
    $textbody = wordwrap(mailMerge($MessageInfo->textbody, $mail_info), 76, "\n");
    $htmlbody = wordwrap(mailMerge($MessageInfo->htmlbody, $mail_info), 76, "\n");
*/
    // Build the XML for the Request
$request = "<system>".
  "<action>addsubscriber</action>".
  "<authorization>".
    "<username>hidden</username>".
    "<password>hidden</password>".
  "</authorization>".
  "<parameterlist>".
    "<parameter id='List ID'><value>142</value></parameter>".
    "<parameter id='Auto-Activate'><value>true</value></parameter>".
"<parameter id='newuser_emailaddress'><value>".$newuser_emailaddress."</value></parameter>".
"<parameter id= 'newuser_firstname'><value>".$newuser_firstname."</value></parameter>".
"<parameter id= 'newuser_lastname'><value>".$newuser_lastname."</value></parameter>".
"<parameter id= 'newuser_title'><value>".$newuser_title."</value></parameter>".
"<parameter id= 'newuser_company'><value>".$newuser_company."</value></parameter>".
"<parameter id= 'newuser_addressline1'>".$newuser_addressline1."<value></value></parameter>".
"<parameter id= 'newuser_addressline2'>".$newuser_addressline2."<value></value></parameter>".
"<parameter id= 'newuser_city'><value>".$newuser_city."</value></parameter>".
"<parameter id= 'newuser_stateorprovince'><value>".$newuser_stateorprovince."</value></parameter>".
"<parameter id= 'otherstateorprovince'><value>".$otherstateorprovince."</value></parameter>".
"<parameter id= 'newuser_ziporpostalcode'><value>".$newuser_ziporpostalcode."</value></parameter>".
"<parameter id= 'newuser_country'><value>".$newuser_country."</value></parameter>".
"<parameter id= 'newuser_numberofemployees'><value>".$newuser_numberofemployees."</value></parameter>".
"<parameter id= 'newuser_annualrevenue'><value>".$newuser_annualrevenue."</value></parameter>".
"<parameter id= 'newuser_phone'><value>".$newuser_phone."</value></parameter>".
"<parameter id= 'newuser_mobilephone'><value>".$newuser_mobilephone."</value></parameter>".
  "</parameterlist>".
"</system>";
   
echo $request;
    // Submit the Request to the API
    $response = SendRequest($request);

    return $response;
}
/*
function mailMerge($MessageBody, $MergeInfo) {
    $MergedMessageBody = $MessageBody;
    if ($MergeInfo)
        foreach ($MergeInfo as $key => $value)
            $MergedMessageBody = preg_replace("/\{\{\{".$key."\}\}\}/", $value, $MergedMessageBody);
        return $MergedMessageBody;
}*/


function SendRequest($request)
{
        // Configuration
        $user_agent = "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows NT 5.0)";
        $url = "http://server1.streamsend.com/streamsend/api.php";

        // Build Parameters
        $params['xmldata'] = $request;

        // Open Connection Handle
        $ch = curl_init();
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, FALSE);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST,1);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,$params);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL,$url);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,1);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, $user_agent);

        // Send Request
        $response = curl_exec ($ch);

        // Close Connection Handle
        curl_close ($ch);

        return $response;
}
?>

[Ken2k7]

Functions in PHP do *not* read variables outside of its scope unless you call global on them. Although, I don't really see the advantage of global. I just pass the variables along.

[SchweppesAle]

Functions in PHP do *not* read variables outside of its scope unless you call global on them. Although, I don't really see the advantage of global. I just pass the variables along.

 

alright, thanks for clearing that up then.  I figured any variables declared within some class would be inherited by each of the functions within that class.  My mistake. 

[Ken2k7]

Oh, you should have told me that. In a class, you can reference the variables with the $this keyword.

 

Example:

class Blah {
     private $var = 1;
     
     public function getVar () {
          return $this->var;
     }
}

 

Notice how I called $this->var. People mess this up by variations such as:

1. $this->$var

2. this->$var

3. this->var

 

Just know those are not correct syntactically and the script won't parse.